Prairie Dog Match 3

[islandermyk]

So let me just say that I still can't shake off the shakes I get when I shoot this match. I feel a little more comfortable being able to actually watch my misses (a whole lot of'em ), catch my mistakes behind the trigger, and actually correct some of my mistakes.
I'll try to describe what "shakes" means to me today. On the second session, I actually hit the first target ♪♫BAM!♫ "Hell yea!".... and you know what?! That's where the adrenaline kicked in ON my second shot I wasn't calm.. I felt my breathing was short and faster, my body was tense... can't relax now ♫Beep♪ it's my turn to shoot... yep, and I missed the second target... Okay.. Okay.. so I'm trying to calm my ass down trying to take note of where my round went and listening to Hoser calling out my miss to me.... Oh sh*t... I felt an undeniable feeling
So I took one or two good deep breathes got ready for my next shot ♪Beep♫... BAM!♫... another miss! Now I feel a little better. I saw where the round went, and felt what I did wrong.

It pretty much went on and off through out the rest of the match... but more off I guess, thank goodness!
Hoser! Thank you for the help Brother!

Again, as always a great bunch of people there shooting this match... Some good laughs and a lot of smiles. Thank you all for making this event what it is!

Oh yea! I also got to do the beeper thingy! HAhahahaha! The first time around with that.. oh boy! I must've lost track two or three times with what target and what shooter to start and end with.. embarrassing

Another thing I need to try is shooting barefoot like this guy!



Don't laugh... I think he scored the highest hits today

Here are more pics





Good times all the way!

TimK, thanks for spotting for me after the match getting me to that 600 yard target on my last shot

[ColoWyo]

You should download a shot timer app. Set the part timer for a random start and do some dry fire practice under the clock.

Might help you get used to it a bit.

[islandermyk]

Just to add in here:

My first session was shit! My dope was completely off... every fricken shot was 1 mil high... it even had Hoser scratching his head for a minute, but after hearing I was using data off a phone app probably made some sense.

[islandermyk]

You should download a shot timer app. Set the part timer for a random start and do some dry fire practice under the clock.

Might help you get used to it a bit.

There were so many things going on in a short time. I'm listening to Hoser's call, trying to write Hoser's call on my pad, load a round find the next target, get comfy, and then ♫Beep... sh*t.. my turn

[Tim K]

I live and die by Ballistic FTE, an iPhone app. It's the shit.

Offgrid shot like a genius today. Shoes or not, he killed it. Good shooting dude!

These matches made my brain go numb for the first few months. Yours will clear up soon and you won't feel so rushed. Keep at it.

[Hoser]

The learning curve in Competitive Shooting is pretty steep.

At first it seems like you have about a million things to do and no time to do them in. After a while you will find you have plenty of time. Even in games like Silhouette and High Power you feel rushed at first.

Offgrid rocked it for sure. He set the bar pretty friggin high...

[C Ward]

Calculated data should always be viewed with caution until confirmed . That being said all the programs should give numbers within .2 mils , an error of a mil is more than likely bad inputs of some fashion .

Relax and enjoy yourself it's suppose to fun not work .

Make the trip to Raton to shoot , you'll learn way more there because the match runs longer and New guy's always shoot with more experienced shooters .

[islandermyk]

So rather than start another thread. I'm updating my findings here.

You guys are right. My zero was off! and off by .5 mils.. and to add insult to injury that's what I had input into my ballistics app along with some bad fps numbers (@2735fps)
Someone spank me

So I went up to Pawnee today and did a little experiment while I tried to correct my sh*t and get a solid zero for my "Long Leg". I took temperature readings off the rifle and the rounds I'm shooting right before it got hot/while it was at a cool 72.4 degree according to the Kestral. Here's what I did... yea... yeah... pretty shitty I know, but keep in mind that I'm still flustered with the outcome of the Match last weekend (Just ask Hoser ) and I just needed to know wtf over?!


.. and after close to an hour or so... here's another round of shots, but this time I made "Long leg" and some rounds stay in the sun long enough to get hotter by almost 20 more degrees. I also kept the same zero and same point of aim...
Also note how much more light was out compared to the first picture. It was about 86 degrees according to the Kestral.


So according to my findings and corrections I've made... I should be able to be more relaxed at the next match a lot more than last weekend's

[islandermyk]

I forgot to mention... I'm always shooting from top right to left/counter clockwise starting with the top right hand corner.

[Great-Kazoo]

Should of called, i could have spotted for you.